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'''Flatt v. Kantak and Meritcare''' is a 1999 North Dakota case. The parents of Josiah Flatt sued in [https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/cass-county Cass County District Court] , Civil Case No. 99-3761. Dr. [https://www.sanfordhealth.org/doctors/sunita-kantak Sunita Kantak] who circumcised Josiah Flatt and [https://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/?q=content/fargo-clinic-and-meritcare-health-system Meritcare Hospital of Fargo] where he was circumcised. The plaintiffs were represented by [[Zenas Baer]] of Hawley, Minnesota.<ref name="forum1999">{{REFnews
|title=Fargo couple want ban on female genital mutilation to include boys
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/Law.html#flatt
}}</ref>
[[Robert S. Van Howe]], MD, Christopher Cold, MD, and Eileen Wayne, MD, served as expert witnesses for the plaintiffs.
Judge Rothe-Seeger dismissed the case against Meritcare Hospital after the plaintiffs called their last witness, leaving Dr. Kantak as the sole remaining defendant.<ref name="baird2003">{{REFnews
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The [https://www.vogellaw.com/ Vogel Law Firm] represented the defendants. Craig Shoemaker, MD, served as expert witness for the defendants.
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